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The King's Jungle
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 113 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm Sculpture - 44.5 x 7 x 7 inch
$12,000
Spectrum Nebula
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 107.2 x 18 x 18 cm Sculpture - 42.2 x 7.1 x 7.1 inch
$12,000
Le soleil du soir
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$674
Transmition 400E
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$562
L'empreinte du lion
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 inch
$787
Les poumons fleuris
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$787
Les seins bleus
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 6.3 inch
$1,011
Between a female and a male
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 150 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,444
Hearts in playing cards
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 200 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$10,980
Le monde entre nos mains
Manitoba
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,023
Marriage of the crowd
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Painting - 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$12,360
Take care Baby!
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$6,742
N°1304 - Extrait d'Absinthe
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Print - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,686
Sans titre
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 39.4 inch
$5,057
Sans titre
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 136 x 123 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.5 x 48.4 inch
$5,506
The red river
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 117 x 96 cm Fine Art Drawings - 46.1 x 37.8 inch
$4,832
Menunggu Pelanggan
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$674
Le jardin oublié IV
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 184 x 87 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 72.4 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
$17,979
Lingoto Torino
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.7 inch
$2,472
Le gagnant
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 47.2 inch
$6,742
La grande cathédrale
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 107 x 40 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.1 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$5,618
Le jardin des délires, l'enfer
Bruno Mallart
Print - 129 x 57 x 3 cm Print - 50.8 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,057
La burette du singe
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
La peur des maths (et comment la soigner)
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Avant le carnaval
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 150 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,933
Les Ors de la forêt publique
Bruno Mallart
Print - 141 x 52 x 4 cm Print - 55.5 x 20.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,495
The hitting of Daggers
Zakaria Al Omar
Print - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$660
The state of being far
Zakaria Al Omar
Print - 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$660
The Horse and the night
Zakaria Al Omar
Print - 70 x 140 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$660
Dreams and Freaks
Fabien Verschaere
Painting - 195 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
$39,329
Samouraï graffiti fluo
Julien Soone
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$4,270
Unhuman Rights
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 121.9 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm Sculpture - 48 x 18 x 18 inch
$16,800
Sans titre
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 19.4 x 24.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.6 x 9.8 inch
$1,124
Let's kiss mother's feet before leaving
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 8.9 inch
$1,011
Bukit Asmara
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 13.8 inch
$1,573
Mari Kita Ke Sana
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 30.2 x 50.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.9 x 19.9 inch
$618
Konco Dolanan
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 19.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 7.7 inch
$1,573
Ghostly Calligraphies
Though calligraphy is the art of writing, that art is measured by the interpretation of the beholder. Using the tools of a writer, whether that be the brush, ink, paint or pen the artist can create a connection between symbol and gesture. Unsurprisingly, calligraphy finds a home in the Abstract Expressionism movement that followed the end of World War II. The likes of Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Franz Kline sought to create deeper connections with the self and express what was reserved for the interior in a much more honest way. But that interior may be filled with an interest in the fantastic, plagued by grief or consumed by miserabilism. Though Kline is the artist from the movement of Abstract Expressionism most associated with the use of calligraphy, Bernard Buffet, featured here on Artsper, also began to convey the personality of his interior by 1947 – after war had ended. The Parisian-born Buffet tried to save money and used very little paint on his canvases. Therefore there was little variety in color, and mostly grey, black and green tones are seen in his portraits. The grey faces, wrinkled foreheads, thinning hair and contracted hands took on a crucified, ghostly appearance. Whilst the likes of Bruno Mallart modernizes his version of ghostly calligraphies by merging it with digital techniques.